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The Mindful Body Thinking Our Way to Chronic Health

Ellen J. Langer

Learn how adjusting your thoughts can change your health—from the “mother of mindfulness” and first female tenured professor of psychology at Harvard. Can changing your thoughts improve your health? We tend to live our lives as though our ailments—our stiff knees or frayed nerves or diminished eyes...

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Langer described her memoir that presents stories illustrating the mindbody connection and her research on mindfulness.

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And if we put the mind and body back together, then the amount of control we have is enormous, right? Wherever I put my mind, I'm also putting my body. So in The Mindful Body, which started off as a m...

— Episode: Using Your Mind to Control Your Physical...

Episode: Using Your Mind to Control Your Physical Health &...

Langer described her memoir that presents stories illustrating the mindbody connection and her research on mindfulness.

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And if we put the mind and body back together, then the amount of control we have is enormous, right? Wherever I put my mind, I'm also putting my body. So in The Mindful Body, which started off as a memoir, I have lots of stories that show the leading up to this idea.

When you read The Mindful Body, I talk about a mindful hospital, which would be different from the ground up.

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